[Dixielandjazz] listening to OKOM

[David Richoux]

Hi all,

I will sidestep this thread a bit to tell you something that happened 
on my radio show today. I played the title track from the Fog City 
Stompers CD "Here Comes The Fog" - I don't think I had ever played it 
before - and as soon as I finished I got a phone call from a listener. 
He asked about the track, I told him it was written by the band's 
trumpet player Tom Belmessieri. The caller went on and on about how 
this song was so beautiful, different from any other "San Francisco 
Trad" song he had ever heard, great arrangement,  use of the brass 
voices, rhythms, on and on!

He really enjoyed it (and actually so did I) and it proves that some 
people still really listen to OKOM on the radio - it is not just 
background music!

BTW, He did not identify himself as a band member and his voice was not 
familiar to me, so I don't think he was a shill ;-)

Dave Richoux
The Jazz Parade KFJC 89.7FM
www.kfjc.org